So, today I scrolled past a link that appeared to access some kind of ISIS/radical Islam recruitment site. I was curious about it, because I'd love to see how they lured emo youth into laying down their lives in Syria. I decided not to do so, however, because I suppose it would ping something deep in the bowels of the NSA supercomputer and add yet another asterisks to my patriot profile.

But, I tend to be paranoid.

So I was wondering, does anyone else avoid potentially controversial websites? Or is it just me?

"4 cylinder Camaro=communism" El Presidente

"You can smoke salmon but it's not quite the same as smoking heroin." nanuq

Well, OK, I'd rather be paranoid than correct on this particular issue. My understanding of the data collection is that it forms aggregate profiles from lots of sources - your university records, your money cards (alcoholics might get a ping, for example, or people heavily in debt), your search history, that sort of thing. And if you hit a certain level of nonconformity, you'll go on a list somewhere as a potential unfriendly. For me, you know, college communist with ties to Nicaragua, I'd be profiled as "someone likely to attend an #Occupy protest with an iPhone." Throw in a bunch of bomb-building sites and a couple of ISIS recruitment centers, however, and suddenly I'm "someone to keep an eye on."

That just seems like a bad idea. But yeah, if I'm just being paranoid….

"4 cylinder Camaro=communism" El Presidente

"You can smoke salmon but it's not quite the same as smoking heroin." nanuq

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